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We all are doing things as we have never done them before: I, for example, have never lead an orchestra program without live musicians in front of me. Friends have moved their office into their homes and are supervising their children’s e-learning while maintaining their professional lives. Others are having virtual happy-hours, producing virtual concerts,…

This announcement started as a long post about the societal noise from which I’ve been having a hard time escaping, but it occurred to me mid-stream that my ramblings were adding to the unrelenting murmur. So, in the spirit of one of my mentors whose mantras were “less is more,” and “talk is cheap,” I…

By far, my favorite part of teaching is the daily interaction that I have with my students. No matter how well we play, or how efficient our rehearsals are, we are together making music, telling dumb jokes, sharing cosas buenas, and building our community. Thus, the e-learning/teaching, social distancing thing is tough on me as…

I am intrigued by this map I just came across, thanks to Jon Harnum (who would probably thank Daniel Levitin.) I have the book this map comes from, and have picked it off my shelf way too many times in the past, and have sat down to read only to get distracted with whatever shiny…

If you don’t want to read the story, and just cut to the chase, please just go to our donation page! In my youth my Dad would always try to pass on some sort of lesson or a bit of wisdom to me and my siblings. He would use stories that he picked up from…

The idea to open a community music center has been rolling around in my brain for quite some time now. I grew up in “HoFlo” and have long seen the need for somewhere  that folks of different backgrounds and generations could gather to sing, play, create, share, listen, and otherwise “itch” their musical curiosities. I…